Category: Chocolatier / Chocolate Maker: In Focus – Preview
Chocolatier / Chocolate Maker: In Focus - Preview
Amano Chocolate: In Focus
In Focus Features return, and this time you’ll travel from New Mexico to Hawaii… from Washington to Madagascar… from Papa New Guinea to Peru, as you join Art Amano of Amano Chocolate on his own personal journey from a science-loving youngster in Los Alamos, to an elite chocolate maker in Salt Lake City. Art has a storytelling knack of his own that really made this interview fun, and I hope you enjoy it as much as you’ll undoubtedly enjoy Amano Chocolate.
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K’ul Chocolate: In Focus
Here in early 2021 we’re revisiting an old friend, but with a new name and a new look to boot. Welcome to K’ul Chocolate, the passion project of Paul Newman and his wife Ariana Lee-Newman…
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Stone Grindz Chocolate – In Focus
Our return to the wonderful world of In Focus features starts with Steven Shipler and Kasey McCaslin, the creators of Stone Grindz Chocolate in Scottsdale, AZ…
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Lua Chocolate – In Focus
Take a delightful trip to Provincia de Manabí in Ecuador, where the gorgeous scenery will take your breath away… and meet the rock star team behind Lua Chocolate, an award-winning tree-to-bar company that farms cacao according to the phases of the moon.
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Fruition Chocolate Works – In Focus
The next leg of your chocolate adventure takes you to New York’s gorgeous Hudson Valley and beyond, with our latest In Focus Feature: Fruition Chocolate Works. Meet Bryan and Dahlia Graham, the husband and wife team behind some truly incredible chocolate crafted in upstate New York.
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Bixby and Co Chocolate – In Focus
Your latest In Focus feature starts in the beautiful Hudson Valley of New York, where Kate McAleer of Bixby & Co. spent her chocolate-loving childhood. This idyllic part of the state offers a stark contrast to the intense, urban metropolis of New York City, and just as these two regions showcase two unique pieces to the same state puzzle, Bixby & Co. showcases two very different aspects to the chocolate world…
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Conexion Chocolate – In Focus
Conexión… a Spanish word that sounds quite similar to its English version… It’s also the name a young Ecuadorian crafter chose for her small batch, bean-to-bar chocolate company, after learning at a young age that enjoying a piece of chocolate sits among the very best experiences in life. Meet Jenny Samaniego, owner of Conexion chocolate…
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Ritual Chocolate – In Focus
Journey to Park City, Utah, where a modest chocolate factory and café sit comfortably nestled amongst the city’s majestic, panoramic mountains. Fellow chocolate lovers, welcome to Ritual Chocolate, where the spectacular scenery only enhances the outstanding bean-to-bar chocolate crafted by husband and wife duo Robbie Stout and Anna Davies for your tasting pleasure…
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Wabi Chocolate – In Focus
Born on the southern end of the world, between tango memories and Japanese contemplation, we bet you´ll never encounter more of a nomad than craft chocolate maker Natalia (Nati) Satto, the Italian-Argentinian-Japanese chocolatier, founder of Wabi Chocolate, in Buenos Aires. Wabi… a word that conceptualizes the beauty of imperfection, yet resonates as the perfect name for a bean-to-bar chocolate line…
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Tiny House Chocolate – In Focus
Tiny House Chocolate – three words you likely never expected to read together, and yet this word trio will most certainly bring a smile to your face once you’ve uncovered its chocolate treasures. Meet Maiana Lasevicius and her husband/business partner, Gustavo Hilsdorf, co-founders of Tiny House Chocolate in Santa Cruz, California who, five years ago, were still in Brazil, leading a very different life…
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Goodnow Farms Chocolate – In Focus
Follow Tom and Monica Rogan on their improbable chocolate journey that started in Los Angeles, moved to Massachusetts, and now delivers some of the best bars you’ll find in the craft chocolate world. Welcome to Goodnow Farms!
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Kad Kokoa – In Focus
Prepare yourselves for travel to the fascinating old Kingdom of Siam, modern day Thailand if you will, where one eager, ambitious couple went from practicing law to crafting fine bean-to-bar chocolate, with quite the entertaining, international journey along the way. Meet Kad Kokoa…
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